Nobuo Handa

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Nobuo Handa is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuo Handa has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 13 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Nobuo Handa's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (17 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (15 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (10 papers). Nobuo Handa is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (17 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (15 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (10 papers). Nobuo Handa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Nobuo Handa's co-authors include Masayasu Matsumoto, Takenobu Kamada, Kazufumi Kimura, Ryuzo Fukunaga, Hiroaki Maeda, Ryuji Hata, Kazuo Kitagawa, Hidetaka Hougaku, Masafumi Tagaya and Michio Niinobe and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes Care, Stroke and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Nobuo Handa

44 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

‘Ischemic tolerance’ phenomenon found in the brain 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. ‘Ischemic tolerance’ phenomenon found in the brain
    1990 943 citations Kazuo Kitagawa, Masayasu Matsumoto et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuo Handa Japan 22 881 661 552 503 486 45 2.7k
Ryuzo Fukunaga Japan 16 495 0.6× 428 0.6× 690 1.3× 665 1.3× 464 1.0× 29 2.4k
Louis G. D’Alecy United States 35 382 0.4× 628 1.0× 967 1.8× 453 0.9× 395 0.8× 128 3.8k
Bruce I. Tranmer United States 34 437 0.5× 288 0.4× 473 0.9× 573 1.1× 284 0.6× 101 3.0k
C. Fieschi Italy 38 1.2k 1.4× 434 0.7× 462 0.8× 294 0.6× 809 1.7× 163 4.5k
Jesse Weinberger United States 27 932 1.1× 705 1.1× 286 0.5× 565 1.1× 94 0.2× 107 2.7k
David J. Miletich United States 25 397 0.5× 379 0.6× 391 0.7× 303 0.6× 145 0.3× 113 2.3k
Seizo Sadoshima Japan 31 683 0.8× 490 0.7× 332 0.6× 336 0.7× 92 0.2× 142 2.8k
G. Burkhard Mackensen United States 30 629 0.7× 1.7k 2.6× 334 0.6× 145 0.3× 235 0.5× 126 3.3k
N Handa Japan 11 313 0.4× 372 0.6× 326 0.6× 329 0.7× 140 0.3× 14 1.4k
Christopher J. Winfree United States 24 453 0.5× 198 0.3× 471 0.9× 231 0.5× 222 0.5× 65 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Nobuo Handa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nobuo Handa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuo Handa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nobuo Handa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nobuo Handa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nobuo Handa. Nobuo Handa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sugita, Norihiro, Yoichiro Kojima, Makoto Yoshizawa, et al.. (2012). Development of a virtual reality system to evaluate skills needed to drive a cycling wheel-chair. PubMed. 2012. 6019–6022. 7 indexed citations
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Handa, Nobuo, Taiji Itoh, Daisuke Takahashi, et al.. (2002). Role of plaque score in the evaluation of carotid atherosclerosis. Nosotchu. 24(4). 408–413.
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Shimizu, Yoshiomi, Taiji Itoh, Hidetaka Hougaku, et al.. (2001). Clinical Usefulness of Duplex Ultrasonography for the Assessment of Renal Arteriosclerosis in Essential Hypertensive Patients.. Hypertension Research. 24(1). 13–17. 44 indexed citations
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Itoh, Taiji, Masayasu Matsumoto, Masaichi Nakamura, et al.. (1997). Effects of daily alcohol intake on the blood pressure differ depending on an individualʼs sensitivity to alcohol. Journal of Hypertension. 15(11). 1211–1217. 43 indexed citations
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Hougaku, Hidetaka, et al.. (1996). Non-specific Neurological Complaints and Silent Cerebral Infarction.. Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics. 33(6). 460–464. 2 indexed citations
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Yagita, Yoshiki, Hideki Etani, Nobuo Handa, et al.. (1996). Effect of transcranial Doppler intensity on successful recording in Japanese patients. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 22(6). 701–705. 29 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Takenori, Masahiro Yasaka, Kentaro Fujishiro, et al.. (1995). Effects of SH/TA 508 on Transcranial Color Flow Imaging. Clinical Phase II Trial.. 8(3). 121–127. 1 indexed citations
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Maeda, Hiroaki, Masayasu Matsumoto, Nobuo Handa, et al.. (1994). Reactivity of cerebral blood flow to carbon dioxide in hypertensive patients: evaluation by the transcranial Doppler method.. PubMed. 12(2). 191–7. 70 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Kazuo, Masayasu Matsumoto, K Sobue, et al.. (1992). The synapsin I brain distribution in ischemia. Neuroscience. 46(2). 287–299. 35 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Kazuo, Masayasu Matsumoto, Toshiho Ohtsuki, et al.. (1992). The characteristics of blood-brain barrier in three different conditions ? infarction, selective neuronal death and selective loss of presynaptic terminals ? following cerebral ischemia. Acta Neuropathologica. 84(4). 378–86. 13 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Kazuo, Masayasu Matsumoto, Masafumi Tagaya, et al.. (1991). Hyperthermia-Induced Neuronal Protection against Ischemic Injury in Gerbils. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 11(3). 449–452. 130 indexed citations
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Hougaku, Hidetaka, Masayasu Matsumoto, K. Kitagawa, et al.. (1991). Silent Cerebral Infarction in the Patients with Essential Hypertension.. Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics. 28(6). 741–747. 1 indexed citations
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Maeda, Hiroaki, Nobuo Handa, Masayasu Matsumoto, et al.. (1991). Carotid lesions detected by B-mode ultrasonography in Takayasu's arteritis: “Macaroni sign” as an indicator of the disease. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 17(7). 695–701. 106 indexed citations
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Maeda, Hiroaki, Hideki Etani, Nobuo Handa, et al.. (1990). A validation study on the reproducibility of transcranial doppler velocimetry. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 16(1). 9–14. 78 indexed citations
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Isaka, Y, Kazufumi Kimura, Akira Uehara, et al.. (1989). Platelet aggregability and in vivo platelet deposition in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease - evaluation by indium-111-platelet scintigraphy -. Thrombosis Research. 56(6). 739–749. 5 indexed citations
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Handa, Nobuo, Ryuzo Fukunaga, Hideki Etani, et al.. (1988). Efficacy of echo-Doppler examination for the evaluation of renovascular disease. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 14(1). 1–5. 76 indexed citations
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Handa, Nobuo, et al.. (1988). A new accurate and non-invasive screening method for renovascular hypertension. Journal of Hypertension. 6(4). S458–460. 22 indexed citations
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Handa, Nobuo, Ryuzo Fukunaga, Akira Uehara, et al.. (1986). Echo-Doppler velocimeter in the diagnosis of hypertensive patients: The renal artery Doppler technique. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 12(12). 945–952. 44 indexed citations

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